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Alcohol
Alcohol Evaporation In Cooking
Alcohol Burn Off During Cooking
Alcohol Substitutions In Cooking
Calvados
Champagne - Learn about champagne
Cooking with Wine
Cooking with Sake - Sake 101

How To Successfully Taste Wine - Wine Tasting Basics
Limoncello (Freezing)

Ratafias

Oregon Winery Guide
Verjus, Verjuice

Wine Vinegar - Alcohol in Wine Vinegar

Appetizers
Appetizers Per Person

Cooking Information
Baking Dish and Pan Sizes - How to substitute different pans sizes
Basic Rules for Baking

Can Sizes and Equivalents
Common and Uncommon Cooking Terms
Cooking Equivalent Measurements
Linda's Culinary Dictionary
Flambé
- Learn how to flambé
Food Labels
- Understanding Food Labels
Food Storage Chart - Shelf Life of Foods
Handling Leftovers Safely
How To Boil Water - Boiling Points of Water
Boil Point Definition

Ingredient Substitution Chart
Poaching vs. Simmering vs. Boiling
Refrigerator & Freezer Storage Chart
Pie Crust - How to make the perfect pie crust
Secrets To Making Perfect Cookies

Baking & Cooking Ingredients
Anchovies & Anchovy Paste
Baking Powder
Baking Soda Substitution
Balsamic Vinegar
, Bad Balsamic Vinegar
Butter Ghee (clarified butter)
Butterscotch vs. Caramel

Capers
Copha - Copha vs. Shortening, Substituting for Copha
Cooking Oils and Fats
Cream
- Types of Cream and Definitions
Cream of Tartar
- Substitution
Farina Flour (Cream of Wheat)
Faux Gras
Flour - Types of Flour, Buying & Storing Flour
Gelatin Tips, Gelatin Substitution
Ingredient Substitution Chart
Olive Oil, Olive Oil (rancid), Olive Oil (refrigerating)
, Greek Olive Oil, Reusing Cooking Oil
Hartshorn, Baker's Ammonia

Maraschino Cherries
Mincemeat
Pantry - A Well-Stocked Pantry
Paraffin Wax, Para wax, Baker's Wax, or Cooking Wax
Paraffin in Chocolate Candy
Pepper
- Types of Pepper, Pepper in Cooking
Powdered Pectin vs. Liquid Pectin
Rice Bran Oil
- The World's Healthiest Oil
Raising Flour
Refrigerating Grapeseed Oil
Sago/Tapioca
Salt
, Salt in Baking, Pickling Salt/Canning Salt
Smoking Points of Different Oils

Sugar, Brick Hard Granulated Sugar

Truffle Oil
Vegetable Shortening
, Shortening vs. Copha
Walnut Oil
Zanthan Gum, Xanthan Gum

Baking Pans & Utensils
Baker's Scale
Baking Dish and Pan Size Conversions
- How to substitute different pans sizes
Baking Stones

Cast-Iron Pots & Pans - All About Ways To Season
Choosing Cookware
Civil War Cookware
Jelly Roll Pan
Lasagna Pan (Oversized)
Non-Reactive Pan vs. Reactive Pan
Pan Sizes
Pizza Stones - Cleaning, Preheating, Seasoning
Springform Pan - Definition, Using A Springform, Substituting for Springform Pan
Tube Pans
Wood Salad Bowl

Beef
Black Diamond Steak
Cooking the Perfect Steak
Delmonico Steak
Filet Mignon, Chateaubriand, Tournedos, Medallions, Filet de Boeuf, Tenderloin Steak
Prime Rib - Cooking Perfect Prime Rib, Chart for roasting prime rib
Mincemeat

New York Strip Steak
Skirt Steak
Sweetbreads
Tri-Tip Roast

Breads
Baking Biscuits

Cracklin' Bread/Cracklings
Dough Relaxer
Holland Rusks
Making Homemade Bread Crumbs
Making Toast Points
Muffins - Using Oil vs. Butter
Quick Breads
Saloio Bread
Secrets to using the Bread Machine
Sourdough Starter
Whole Wheat Flour - How to substitute
Yeast in Bread Making

Butcher Block, Cutting Boards & Chopping Blocks
Butcher Block Finishes
Butcher Block Oil, Mineral Oil
Safety of Wood Cutting Boards

Cakes  
Basic Rules for Baking
Cake Baking Information

Secrets of a Successful Cake
Fruitcakes - Secrets to making a perfect fruitcake
Freezing Wedding Cake
How to Fold in Cake Batter
Jam Cake
Making a Cake Level
Pound Cake,
Spelling in Old Cookbooks

Candy
Candy Thermometer & Candy Temperatures
Caramel Sauce - How to make
Caramelizing Sugar (Photo Tutorial)
Fudge:  Freezing Fudge, Making Fudge
Honeycomb Toffee (Sponge Candy)
Paraffin - How to use with chocolate

Cheese
Fromage frais/Fromage blanc
Goat Cheese
Harzer Cheese (Sour Milk Cheese)
Mold on Cheese

Mozzarella Cheese (Fresh)

Cheesecakes
Baking A Perfect Cheesecake
Baking small 4" Cheesecakes
Baking Cheesecakes Ahead Of Time
Cracks in Cheesecake
Cutting Cheesecakes
How To Freeze Cheesecake
Traveling with Cheesecakes
Using a Springform Pans
Definition of Springform Pan
Springform Pan Substitution

Chocolate
Dark Chocolate
Dark Chocolate is Healthy Chocolate
Dutch-Process Cocoa vs. Unsweetened Cocoa

Hot Chocolate
Milk Chocolate
Paraffin - How to use with chocolate
Shaving Chocolate

Coffee & Tea
Coffee
- How to make a perfect cup of coffee
Coffee Drink Calories
How To Use a French Press- coffee press, plunger press and/or press coffee
How To Use A Moka Pot - Stovetop
Espresso Maker
Storing Coffee Beans
Tea - Drink to your Health

Condiments, Sauces & Jelly Recipes
Au Jus vs. Beef Broth vs. Beef Stock
Balsamic Vinegar
Bechamel Sauce - History
Bechamel Sauce - Science
Bouillon
Caramel Sauce
Chasseur Sauce/Hunter Sauce
Coulis
Gravy vs. Sauce
Hickory Syrup
Making Herb Vinegar
Mustard Sauce
Olive Oil, Olive Oil (rancid), Olive Oil (refrigerating)
Pique Seasoning
Tahini
Truffle Oil

Verjus, Verjuice
Wine Vinegar - Alcohol in Wine Vinegar
 

Cookies
Secrets to Making Perfect Cookies
Cutting Brownies
Egg Allergy Cookie Recipes
Freezing Cookies
Successful Holiday Cookie Exchange or Cookie Swap
How To Soften Hard Cookies
Hippenmasse
Macaroons
Making Gooey Cookies
Tuiles

Cream
Cream - Types of Cream and Definitions
Double Cream (definition) 
Freezing Cream & Whipped Cream 
Crème Fraiche Definition 
Crème Fraiche vs. Clotted Cream vs. Devonshire
Schmand

Cutting Boards/Butcher Blocks - Learn all about cutting boards and butcher block

Diet Information
Coffee Drink Calories

Determine Your Body Mass Index (BMI)
Diet Recipes
Dieting Hints & Tips
Food Labels 101
Food Nutritional Value Chart
How To Eat Out On A Diet or How To Survive Without Blowing Your Diet!
Juicing For Weight Loss

Linda's Diet Statement
Making Sense of Portion Sizes - Portion Control Secrets
Menopause and Weight Gain
Sugar: The Natural Sweetener - Only 15 Calories Per Teaspoon!
What About Exercise? Calories Burned Per Minute of Exercise By Weight

Eggs - Check this page out. It is my main web page on how to cook eggs.
Baked (Shirred) Eggs
Blue-Green Egg White
Boiling Eggs
Coddled Eggs

Deviled Eggs
Egg Recipes
Freezing Eggs
Fried Eggs
Hard-Cook Eggs: Boiling Eggs, Peeling Hard-Cooked Eggs,
Storing Hard-Cooked Eggs

Easter Eggs: Making Natural Easter Egg Dyes
Meringue: Making Perfect Meringue, Sweating Meringue, Boccone Dolce
Microwave Eggs
Pasteurization of Eggs

Pickled Eggs & Beets
Poached Eggs

Powdered Egg Whites
Scrambled Eggs/Omelet

Scrambled Eggs Turning Green
Sell Date of Eggs
Storing Hard-Cooked Eggs
Storing Raw Eggs
Using Raw Egg
What is Chalazae?

Why Do Some Eggs Float?

Equivalents & Measurements
British Equivalents vs. American Measurements
British Terms vs. American Terms
Can Sizes and Equivalents
Cooking Equivalent Measurements
Ingredient Substitution Chart
Measure vs. Jigger
Punnet
Scant Measurement


Food & Cooking Articles Index
- This index is a listing of the many cooking and food articles, which you may find helpful, that I have written about over the past several years.

Fruits
Juicing Citrus Fruits
(Lemons, Limes, & Oranges)
Apples
Avocado
Banana
, Discoloration of Bananas
Blackberry
Blueberry
Cherries
(tart or sour cherries), Glace Cherries
Cranberries
Emrellettes
Grapes - Freezing Grapes, Using Fresh Grape Leaves
Kiwano Horned Melon

Lemons
, Lemon Zest & Lemon Zester, Preserving Lemons
Maraschino Cherry
Passion Fruit
Pomelo/Pummelo
Satsuma
Strawberries
Summer Berries
Uniq Fruit

Health, Beauty & Diet
Lip Balm Recipe - How To Make Your Own Lip Balm
Menopause and Weight Gain
Teeth Whitening - Teeth Bleaching
Understanding Cosmetic Labeling – Decoding the Cosmetic Label

What About Exercise? Calories Burned Per Minute of Exercise By Weight
Younger Looking Hands - Keeping Hands Beautiful As We Age

Herbs, Spices & Seasonings
Accent and Spike
Ancho Powder
Anise vs. Licorice
Basil
Beau Monde Seasoning Salt
Bon Appetit Seasoning
Brazilian Pink Pepper
Chervil
Chef Seasoning vs. Lawry's Seasoning Salt
Cilantro vs. Coriander
Dill Seed vs. Fresh Dill
Dillweed
Edible Flowers
(All about edible flower with photos)
Ginger - Pickled Ginger Root
Grapes - Freezing Grapes
, Using Fresh Grape Leaves
Juniper Berries
Lavender
- About Lavender & Cooking with Lavender
Culinary Lavender
- Types of Lavender

Lemon Grass
Mint
, Drying Mint
Mirepoix
Old Bay Seasoning
Pepper, Peppercorns - Types of Pepper, Pepper in Cooking, Schwan (Sichuan) Pepper, Timur Pepper, Nepali Pepper
Peppermint Oil vs. Peppermint Extract
Pepperoncini Pepper
Pickled Ginger Root
Pickling Spices
Rosemary
Saffron
Sage
Salt, Salt in Baking, Pickling Salt/Canning Salt
Storage & Shelf Life of Herbs and Spices
Thyme
Vanilla Bean Paste
Yerba Mate
You Couldn’t Possibly Be Outdated. Could You?

Holiday Pages
4th of July - Independence Day
Christmas
Easter
Father's Day
Memorial Day
Thanksgiving

Index of Food & Cooking Articles

Milk
Buttermilk Substitution
Coconut Milk vs. Cream of Coconut
Cream
- Types of Cream and Definitions
Evaporated Milk vs. Sweetened Condensed Milk
Evaporated Milk vs. Milk
Lactose in Goats Milk
Mixing Hot Milk and Tomato
Sell Date of Milk

Misc.
How To Boil Water - Boiling Points of Water
Boil Point Definition
Broast/Broasting Definition
Chef Titles (Defining Chef Titles In The Kitchen)
Civil War Cookware
Copyrighting Recipes
Dry Heat Cooking
Food Labels 101

Foxgloves
History of the Chef and Chef Jacket
Haute Cuisine and Haute Cuisine Couture
Hommard a L'amoricaine
Mold on Food 
Pantry
- How to stock a pantry - A well-stocked pantry
Perfectly Planned Picnics
Poaching vs. Simmering vs. Boiling

Refrigerator & Freezer Storage Chart
Theme Restaurant vs. Ethnic Restaurant

Nutritional Food Chart - Chart showing grams, fat, and calories

Nuts
Drying Nuts

Oils
Olive Oil - All about olive oil
Olive Oil (rancid)
Olive Oil (refrigerating)

Greek Olive Oil
Refrigerating Grapeseed Oil
Reusing Cooking Oil

Rice Bran Oil - The World's Healthiest Oil
Smoking Points of Different Oils
Truffle Oil
Walnut Oil

Organize and More
Avoiding Old Mother Hubbard's Cupboard

Change Your Kitchen Along with Your Hair Color
Christmas Kitchen Secrets of the Organized

Conquering Menu Madness
For Dinner Tonight? A Plan!

Is cooking dinner at your house like juggling eggs?

Is Your Kitchen Really Too Small?
Keeping Your Resolution to Get Organized I
Keeping Your Resolution to Get Organized II
Nine More Months of Lunch Packing

Organize My Leftovers – Please!
Paper or Plastic for Holiday Organization?
Pondering Aerobic Grocery Shopping
The Junk Drawer Holds Everything But Junk

Pasta Hints and Tips - Hints & tips on cooking pasta

Peggy's Baking Corner - Main Page with recipes and tutorial:
Fondant Icing/Covering:
Fondant Icing 101 (Recipe and Tutorial on making & using fondant icing)
Fondant Recipes
Making Fondant Icing
Bubbles in the Fondant
Covering Cakes with Fondant Icing
Decorating Cakes with Fondant Icing

Marbling Fondant Icing

Buttercream Icing/Covering:
Buttercream Icing 101
(Recipe and Tutorial on making & using buttercream icing)
Buttercream Recipes
Decorating with Buttercream

Wedding Cakes:
Assembling Cakes/Wedding Cakes

Cake Fillings
Covering Wedding Cakes with Fondant
Decorating Wedding Cakes
(Lots of Q&A's on decoration a wedding cake)

Other Cake Baking & Decoration Topics:
Recipes & Baking Ingredients
Miscellaneous

Comments From Bakers
Cookies & Cookie Cutters
Peggy's Cake Decorating Idea Photos
(
The idea page has photos only and no detailed decorating instructions.)

Pies 
Baking Pecan Pie
History of Pies
Perfect Pie Crust Recipe 

Pork
Ham 101 - Learn all about ham (types of ham, how to cook, and much more).
Brining Pork

Poultry (Chicken and Turkey)
Advice On Stuffing A Turkey Safely
Brining Poultry
Green Chicken Liver
Faux Gras
Freezing Turkeys, Frozen Turkey Safety
Internal Temperature of Chicken

Making Perfect Turkey Gravy
Making Turkey Stock
Chicken Divan - Pronunciation & Definition
Roasting a Turkey Guidelines
Shrinkage When Cooking Chicken

Smoked Turkey Tips
Thanksgiving Planning - Stress-Free Thanksgiving

Turkey Terminology - Types of Turkeys

Rice and Risotto
Arborio Rice vs. Converted Rice
Cooking Long Grain Rice
Dirty Rice
Risotto Hints and Tips

Rice Starch - Amylose, Amylopectin
Making Risotto Ahead of Time

Thai Sweet Rice/Glutinous Rice

Safety
Buffet and Party Safety

Food Safety
Picnic Safety Tips
Refrigerator & Freezer Storage Chart
Summer Safety Tips

Seafood and Fish
Au Bleu Trout
Caviar - About American caviar
Crawfish
- How To Have a Crawfish Boil
Freezing Fish
Fresh vs. Frozen Seafood
How To Select, Buy, and Cook Fish
King Crab - Cooking Crab Legs
Lobster -
How To Buy Frozen Lobster Tails
Lutefisk
Oysters - How To Shuck Oysters
Salmon (Learn all about salmon), Salmon en croute
Shrimp - Purchasing, de-veining, cooking, brining, and etiquette of shrimp 
Smelt - Eulachon, Oolichan, Candlefish, Hooligan

Soup - Hints & tips on soup

Sugar -
Brick-Hard Granulated Sugar
Caramelizing Sugar (Photo Tutorial)
Caster/Castor Sugar
Confectioner Sugar vs. Powdered Sugar vs. Icing Sugar
Date Sugar
Molasses (types of)
Muscovado Sugar
Softening Brown Sugar
Sugar: The Natural Sweetener - Only 15 Calories Per Teaspoon!
Types of Sugar
Vanilla Sugar/Vanillin Socker

Thermometers
Candy Thermometer & Candy Temperatures
Cooking or Meat Thermometer
How to use your thermometer
How to test your thermometer
How to calibrate your thermometer
Safety tips
Meat and Seafood Internal Temperature Cooking Chart
Purchase and Use a Good Instant-Read Thermometers

Vegetable Buying Guide - Buying tips on vegetables
Artichokes
- How to purchase, store, prepare, cook, & eat artichokes
Asparagus
Broccoli
Broccoli Raab/Rapini

Cabbage
Celeriac (Celery Root)
Chile Peppers
- Preparing Fresh Chile Peppers, Roasting Fresh Chile Peppers, Preparing Dried Chile Peppers
Daikon Radish
Dried Beans,
How to Degas Beans  
Corn
, Freezing Corn on the Cob
Eggplant, Eggplant Equivalent, White Eggplant, Freezing Eggplant

Flageolet Beans
Garlic, Freezing Garlic, How To Roast Garlic, Blue or Green Garlic
Green Beans, Cooking Green Beans, Are Green Beans Healthy, French Cut Green Beans
Mushrooms - Nutritional Data on Portabella Mushrooms
Onions,
Sweating Onions, Onion Substitution
Potatoes, Perfect Baked Potatoes, Rosti Potatoes, Gooey Mashed Potatoes
Romano Beans/Italian String Beans

Pumpkin
- Preserving Carved Pumpkins
Sauerkraut
Snow Pea/Chinese Pea Pod/Sugar Pea
Spinach
Squash
Sweet Potato

Tomatoes, How To Peel Fresh Tomatoes, Metallic Taste in Tomatoes, Oven Slow-Roasted Tomatoes, Dehydrated Tomatoes
Tomatillos
Turnips (peeling)
Uniq/Unique Fruit
Zucchini vs. Courgette

Wine and Sake
Alcohol Substitutions In Cooking
Cooking with Wine

Cooking with Sake - Sake 101
How To Successfully Taste Wine - Wine Tasting Basics
Oregon Winery Guide
Verjus, Verjuice

Water
How To Boil Water - Boiling Points of Water
Boil Point Definitions

Poaching vs. Simmering vs. Boiling